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Firstly, I didn't say he couldn't anchor England's midfield, I just said he wouldn't. Realistically, Beckham's not going to be dropped. In a footballing sense he's the captain and in the business sense he's the leading figure as far as merchandise is concerned. It'd take a manager with much more balls than McClaren or Sven to drop him from the starting line-up. Same goes for Lampard and Gerrard, who's club form alone guarentees them a place with England. With that, my point still stands that looking at things from a realistic view, Carrick's little chance barring any serious injury, of making his way into the team. Secondly, I've gotta disagree with your comparisons to Makelele. He and Carrick are two entirely different players, both in two contrasting teams. Makelele is, as you rightfully said, the best defensive midfielder in the premiership, but only because of the system that Chelsea play. Carrick doesn't have the same impact, regardless of what comparisons between the two can be drawn.

You lot can keep him. For the figures being quoted, theres other players I'd sooner take than Carrick. Anything over £12M would be too much, IMO.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see why Jose would want to change his proven and successful formation to accomodate his new signings. Ballack will take over from Essien, Shevchenko for Drogba and he'll rotate the others.

They've only gone and bought him so we couldn't, on the off chance that he might be decent. They did the same with Essien and Wright-Phillips and neither of them will get first-team football next season. :ohwell:

Bollocks, I actually liked Rosicky. >_< Apparently his deal with Athletico fell through due to them not affording the transfer fee. That, and the fact that Dortmund are near-bankrupt is probably why Arsenal's got him for so cheap.

I'm actually glad we got hammered, in a way. The undefeated run we put together probably served to create a false picture of hope for next season. Yesterday's result proved how far we're off Chelsea and emphasised that new players are definetly needed. It's a shame about Rooney, whilst I'm not an England fan I still would've liked to see what he could do in the World Cup finals.

I haven't made anything in ages but I'm up for it. (Y)

You're always going to get the minority that'll be cunts though, and there's nothing you can do about it. You'll always get the odd Liverpool fan who thinks it's funny to take the piss out of Munich, whilst you'll always get the odd Man Utd fan that'll take the mickey out of Hillsborough/Heysel.

Although its only a minority, what a bunch of cunts. It always seems to be Liverpool fans in these kind of situations and frankly if I were a supporter I’d be ashamed. Taking the piss out of the Munich disaster is as disrespectful as it gets, especially given the amount of respect they’ve been given over the whole Hillsborough incident.

Basically all of the bands I like I'd be overly fanatical about, I'm kinda picky when it comes to that. Mostly just Dream Theater, Pink Floyd and possibly Sigur Ros.

I've always thought of him as a bit of a cunt, both on and off the field, but its a shame to see his career end this way.

I think we'll definitely make a move for him. Ferguson's made it no secret that he's an admirer and for the price being quoted, it'd be a bargain. There's no doubting his quality, but whether or not he'd fit in with the premiership is another question altogether.

I vote for Tyler, his just looks a lot better to me.

Kim's boyfriend is clearly evil. It's the beard that gives him away.

Kevin Nolan should be on the Young Player list definitely. He's probably been the best and most consistent player outside of the top four this season, IMO. I have a sneaking suspicion Rooney'll win both, mind you.

Fucking yes. We may not be winning the title but there's still plenty to get excited about. And since when did Kolo Toure become a goalkeeper, the cheating cunt.

You get £66 for the win, and 1/4 the odds for the place at £5 stake, which is....something, and then the £10 stake money back, of course. Not too bad, all in all.

I put a fiver Each-way on the winner. I think the odds were something like 11-1 at the time, how much should I win?

We're getting a new kit at the start of next season anyway, thats just a promotional one.

I'm not doubting him as a player, I just don't realistically see him going. He's unproven at international level and to throw him into the world cup finals would be retarded even by Sven's standards. Sven will bring five strikers, permitting he doesn't have an unlikely change of heart over Wes Brown or any of the others you've mentioned.

I'd have to disagree. The Arsenal team of the last few seasons has been built around Henry and rightly so. The style of play, the tactics and everything else is perfectly suited to Henry and therefore to take him out of that particular system would harm the team, especially against a club such as Juve.